Greetings Families, staff and students,

Well here we are at the end of another year. This year is like no other! What have we learned from this unusual experience? Let me try to summarise a few positive things that you, the students, and the general Victorian community have said.

Here are some highlights. I think we have learnt:

About our family as we have had to spend restricted time inside and with siblings.
Have learnt how your child learns as you have had to manage this at home.
To cough and sneeze into our elbows
That hand washing is very ,very important
That wearing a mask can help
That collectively we can achieve much
That our children can be independent if we have the situation
Children miss their friendships
Children learn best together
That some children have found it hard to come back to school.
Teachers now know a lot more about the virtual space than they did
That our teachers worked and worked to ensure that children were learning and gaining information.
That most children are generally resilient and can bounce back
That children give things a go!

Our recent assessment evidence for the term has concluded that across the school the growth is between 6 and 8 months. This is terrific given we have only been at school for a short time. Our 2021 Catch-up strategy will ensure extension and catch up for those who need it. The students learning needs will be identified by our assessment evidence and two of our experienced teacher Robyn Patrick and Adele Freeman will be doing the tuition in this support area. So there is much to look forward too.

Parent Rep Christmas coffee

Thank you to those parent reps who were able to join the Christmas coffee catch up. To those that were unable, next time. Here we are at the café.

Merry Christmas to all.

Staffing for 2021

The following are the staff in the Teaching Teams for 2021.

Teaching Team	Staff member
F/1
Room 1	Anna Sneddon
Room 2	Kellie Meehan
Room 3	Melanie Beissel
Room 4	Jess Greenbaum
Room 5	Lauren Klymenko
Year 2
Room 19	Karen Ghosn
Room 20	Naomi Turner
Room 22	Elizabeth Kandiliotis
Year 3/4
Room 14	Lisa McLachlan
Room 15	Toula Fenech/Carley Allan
Room 16	Tim Cannan
Room 17	Alyena Mohummadally
Room 18	Kim Satchell
Year 5/6
Room 7	Jarrod Sutton
Room 8	Helen Lockart/Tim Harwood
Room 9	Bill Abrahams (new to our school)
Room 10	Fiona Mckenzie
Room 11	Kim Simmons
Specialist Teachers
Creative Arts	Sue Phillips/Claudia Stolfo
PE	Bree White/ Cindy Xu
Japanese	Cindy Xu /Diana Vivian
Japanese Assistant	Kari Fujita
Intervention	Marg Wright (Leader)
	Robyn Patrick, Adele Freeman
PLT release	Julie Lanyon
Education Support
Classroom support	Jill Doogood, Maria Pitt, Abby Sangiorgio, Chloe Marocchini
Speech Therapy Assistance Program	Donna Butler, Julie Davis
Administration
Administration	Sharyn Reinke, Xavia Bicheno
Business Manager	Sandra Monaghan
Grounds/Maintenance	Brian Lees

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge what a wonderful community you are and how well you support the school in every way. Even when we don’t agree it is important that we remain respectful and open. I have seen this in action many, many times this year.

Please have a happy and safe holiday with family and friends and I look forward to welcoming you back in the new year.

Sincerely and with gratitude

Kerri Simpson

Principal

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